Susan Eva Eckstein is Professor of Sociology at Boston University and former president of the Latin American Studies Association. She is the author of Back from the Future: Cuba under Castro (1994). Timothy P. Wickham-Crowley is Associate Professor of Sociology at Georgetown University and former program chair of the Latin American Studies Association. He is the author of Guerrillas and Revolution in Latin America: A Comparative Study of Insurgents and Regimes since 1956 (1992). Together they edited Struggles for Social Rights in Latin America (2002).

• List of Illustrations Preface 1. Struggles for Justice in Latin America Susan Eva Eckstein and Timothy P. Wickham-Crowley PART ONE: POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS, RIGHTS, AND INJUSTICE 2. Social Inequality, Civil Society, and the Limits of Citizenship in Latin America Philip Oxhorn 3. An Exception to Chilean Exceptionalism? The Historical Role of Chile's Judiciary Lisa Hilbink 4. Presidential Crises and Democratic Accountability in Latin America, 1990--1999 Anibal Perez-Linan PART TWO: THE POLITY, THE SOCIAL CONTRACT, AND INJUSTICE 5. The Vicious Cycle of Inequality in Latin America Terry Lynn Karl 6. Perpetrators' Confessions: Truth, Reconciliation, and Justice in Argentina Leigh A. Payne 7. Colombia: Does Injustice Cause Violence? Marc W. Chernick PART THREE: DEMOCRATIZATION: THE PROMISE OF JUSTICE AND ITS LIMITATIONS 8. Progressive Pragmatism as a Governance Model: An In-Depth Look at Porto Alegre, Brazil, 1989--2000 Sybil Delaine Rhodes 9. Citizen Responses to Conflict and Political Crisis in Peru: Informal Politics in Ayacucho David Scott Palmer PART FOUR: ETHNIC RESPONSES TO INJUSTICES 10. Social Justice and the New Indigenous Politics: An Analysis of Guatemala, the Central Andes, and Chiapas John A. Peeler 11. The War of the Peace: Indigenous Women's Struggle for Social Justice in Chiapas, Mexico June Nash 12. Reflections on Remembrance: Voices from an Ixcan Village Beatriz Manz List of Contributors Index

Susan Eva Eckstein is Professor of Sociology at Boston University and former president of the Latin American Studies Association. She is the author of Back from the Future: Cuba under Castro (1994). Timothy P. Wickham-Crowley is Associate Professor of Sociology at Georgetown University and former program chair of the Latin American Studies Association. He is the author of Guerrillas and Revolution in Latin America: A Comparative Study of Insurgents and Regimes since 1956 (1992). Together they edited Struggles for Social Rights in Latin America (2002).

• List of Illustrations Preface 1. Struggles for Justice in Latin America Susan Eva Eckstein and Timothy P. Wickham-Crowley PART ONE: POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS, RIGHTS, AND INJUSTICE 2. Social Inequality, Civil Society, and the Limits of Citizenship in Latin America Philip Oxhorn 3. An Exception to Chilean Exceptionalism? The Historical Role of Chile's Judiciary Lisa Hilbink 4. Presidential Crises and Democratic Accountability in Latin America, 1990--1999 Anibal Perez-Linan PART TWO: THE POLITY, THE SOCIAL CONTRACT, AND INJUSTICE 5. The Vicious Cycle of Inequality in Latin America Terry Lynn Karl 6. Perpetrators' Confessions: Truth, Reconciliation, and Justice in Argentina Leigh A. Payne 7. Colombia: Does Injustice Cause Violence? Marc W. Chernick PART THREE: DEMOCRATIZATION: THE PROMISE OF JUSTICE AND ITS LIMITATIONS 8. Progressive Pragmatism as a Governance Model: An In-Depth Look at Porto Alegre, Brazil, 1989--2000 Sybil Delaine Rhodes 9. Citizen Responses to Conflict and Political Crisis in Peru: Informal Politics in Ayacucho David Scott Palmer PART FOUR: ETHNIC RESPONSES TO INJUSTICES 10. Social Justice and the New Indigenous Politics: An Analysis of Guatemala, the Central Andes, and Chiapas John A. Peeler 11. The War of the Peace: Indigenous Women's Struggle for Social Justice in Chiapas, Mexico June Nash 12. Reflections on Remembrance: Voices from an Ixcan Village Beatriz Manz List of Contributors Index

Susan Eva Eckstein is Professor of Sociology at Boston University and former president of the Latin American Studies Association. She is the author of Back from the Future: Cuba under Castro (1994). Timothy P. Wickham-Crowley is Associate Professor of Sociology at Georgetown University and former program chair of the Latin American Studies Association. He is the author of Guerrillas and Revolution in Latin America: A Comparative Study of Insurgents and Regimes since 1956 (1992). Together they edited Struggles for Social Rights in Latin America (2002).

• List of Illustrations Preface 1. Struggles for Justice in Latin America Susan Eva Eckstein and Timothy P. Wickham-Crowley PART ONE: POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS, RIGHTS, AND INJUSTICE 2. Social Inequality, Civil Society, and the Limits of Citizenship in Latin America Philip Oxhorn 3. An Exception to Chilean Exceptionalism? The Historical Role of Chile's Judiciary Lisa Hilbink 4. Presidential Crises and Democratic Accountability in Latin America, 1990--1999 Anibal Perez-Linan PART TWO: THE POLITY, THE SOCIAL CONTRACT, AND INJUSTICE 5. The Vicious Cycle of Inequality in Latin America Terry Lynn Karl 6. Perpetrators' Confessions: Truth, Reconciliation, and Justice in Argentina Leigh A. Payne 7. Colombia: Does Injustice Cause Violence? Marc W. Chernick PART THREE: DEMOCRATIZATION: THE PROMISE OF JUSTICE AND ITS LIMITATIONS 8. Progressive Pragmatism as a Governance Model: An In-Depth Look at Porto Alegre, Brazil, 1989--2000 Sybil Delaine Rhodes 9. Citizen Responses to Conflict and Political Crisis in Peru: Informal Politics in Ayacucho David Scott Palmer PART FOUR: ETHNIC RESPONSES TO INJUSTICES 10. Social Justice and the New Indigenous Politics: An Analysis of Guatemala, the Central Andes, and Chiapas John A. Peeler 11. The War of the Peace: Indigenous Women's Struggle for Social Justice in Chiapas, Mexico June Nash 12. Reflections on Remembrance: Voices from an Ixcan Village Beatriz Manz List of Contributors Index